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Had an interesting, if gutwrenching therapy appointment
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 9171" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Janet</p><p></p><p>I went thru a similar experience with N when she was in the psychiatric hospital last summer. Her psychiatrist there and I were discussing the borderline diagnosis, and how I just couldn't come up with a bit of trauma in her boring normal childhood to account for it.</p><p></p><p>I went thru a childhood similar to yours. So in comparison, my kids grew up in heaven. lol Although I've made more than my fair share of mistakes too.</p><p></p><p>psychiatrist picked up on the one thing I would never have thought of, my kidney disease. My kids know it is terminal. I don't hide it from them. There isn't much point. But I've been dealing with the disease since before N was born. It is as much a part of my life now as anything else. psychiatrist asks if I have spent alot of time in hospital or under a docs care during N's childhood, especially early childhood? Well, yeah. Of course. But that couldn't be it cuz easy child and T are just fine.</p><p>As we talked and she showed it to me from a very young child's perspective, I got it.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't so easy a truth to swallow. And I started doubting my decision to be honest with my kids about my disease....... And yep, I felt guilty. But psychiatrist helped me realize that there really wasn't much I could've done different. I delt with what life handed me the best I could. But we are all different and evidently N was more susceptable to the truama than her sibs. Very possible because of the bipolar. (definately early onset)</p><p></p><p>We can only do our best.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 9171, member: 84"] Janet I went thru a similar experience with N when she was in the psychiatric hospital last summer. Her psychiatrist there and I were discussing the borderline diagnosis, and how I just couldn't come up with a bit of trauma in her boring normal childhood to account for it. I went thru a childhood similar to yours. So in comparison, my kids grew up in heaven. lol Although I've made more than my fair share of mistakes too. psychiatrist picked up on the one thing I would never have thought of, my kidney disease. My kids know it is terminal. I don't hide it from them. There isn't much point. But I've been dealing with the disease since before N was born. It is as much a part of my life now as anything else. psychiatrist asks if I have spent alot of time in hospital or under a docs care during N's childhood, especially early childhood? Well, yeah. Of course. But that couldn't be it cuz easy child and T are just fine. As we talked and she showed it to me from a very young child's perspective, I got it. It wasn't so easy a truth to swallow. And I started doubting my decision to be honest with my kids about my disease....... And yep, I felt guilty. But psychiatrist helped me realize that there really wasn't much I could've done different. I delt with what life handed me the best I could. But we are all different and evidently N was more susceptable to the truama than her sibs. Very possible because of the bipolar. (definately early onset) We can only do our best. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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